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xxv. Christe to the Younglynges.

The Argument.

So earnest is theyr zeale, whom God calleth to the truth, that after themselues haue by fayth and grace obteyned Christe and the true sence of his holy spirite, they can not be quiet vntyl they haue brought all other vnbeleuers of whose secte sumtyme they wer, vnto the state that they nowe be in. Whiche whan this newe conuerted churche hath brought to



passe, she committeth her selfe wholly to Christe, who laying her downe to rest in the bed of quietnesse of conscience: commaūdeth that none wake her: singing the same again, which in the seconde chapter he song to the yonglynges.

O o ye daughters of Ierusalem

O o ye daughters of Ierusalem. &c. As before in the fowertenth song, in the second Chapter.